Organosiloxane amines



Unim ?e1 PatehtC ORGANOSILOXANE AMINES John L. Speier, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., assignor to now Corning Corporation, Midland, Mich. a corporation of Michigan No Drawing. Application December 17, 1953,

Serial No. 398,898 g t 5 Claims. or. 260-4481 generally those containing 4 non-hydrolyzable groups attached to the silicon. These materials could not. be polymerized to siloxanes without cleavage of one of the organic groups. This group cleavage is practical only when the organo functional group appears on a silicon atom containing 3 methyl groups or 3 phenyl groups or a combination of these groups. In such cases, the .functional organosilicon compound can be polymerized to a siloxane by cleavage of a methyl or a phenyl radical with concentrated sulphuric acid followed by hydrolysis of the resulting silyl sulphate. However, the siloxanes so prepared were inherently dimeric materials and were not capable of further siloxane polymerization. As a consequence the organo functional siloxane's heretofore have been limited in their applicability.

One of the primary objects of this invention is to prepare amino substituted siloxanes which have greater flexibility of application than has heretofore been possible with such materials. Another object is to provide amino substituted siloxanes which are commercially feasible. Another object is to prepare amino substituted siloxanes which are free from the disadvantage of hydrolytic instability. Another object is to prepare amino substituted siloxanes which can be employed in making'polyamide resins. Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description. y

This invention relates to siloxanes of the formula where R" is alkyl or hydrogen, R is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical or a halogenated monovalent hydrocarbon radical, free of aliphatic unsaturation, R is a divalent saturated aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical wherein the amino group is attached to at least the third carbon atom away from the silicon and b has a value from to l inclusive.

These siloxanes can be prepared by hydrolyzing silanes of the formula (Y2NR)RbSiXs b, where Y is an alkyl radical or a saturated trihydrocarbonylsilyl radical, X is bromine, chlorine or hydrogen and R, R and b are as above defined. The hydrolysis of these silanes is carried out in the normal manner for hydrolyzing organo silanes. Preferably the hydrolysis is carried out in the presence of an inert solvent such as ether, benzene, toluene or the like. In those cases where Y is a trihydrocarbonylsilyl radical, such as a tn'methylsilyl radical, this will also hydrolyze along with the X' radical and't'ege'nerate the amino group.

known The above silanes are prepared by reacting unsaturated '7 ice amines in which at least one of the active hydrogens have been replaced by trihydrocarbonylsilyl groups, with a silane of the formula R'bSiX4-b in which R, b and X are as above defined. At least one of the X radicals on the silane reactant must be hydrogen. Preferably the X radicals are hydrogen or combinations of hydrogen and bromine such as monophenyls'ilane, tribromosilane or 'rnethyldibromos'ilane. However, chlorosilanes maybe employed also although the yields obtained thereby are inferior. H

In carrying out the above reaction 'it is necessary to block at least one and preferably both of the active hydrogens on the amino group in order to prevent them from reacting with the silane X radicals and producing undesirable products. The active hydrogens are best replaced by reacting the amine with trimethylchlorosilane in the presence of a hydrogen halide acceptor sucha's pyridine or with hexamethyldisilazane in the presence of NH4Cl as a catalyst. It is to be understood that any trihydrocarbonylchlorosilane or any hexahydrocarbonyldisilazane can be employed. Preferably the hydrocarbonyl radicals should be saturated. If both of the R" groups are alkyl, the amine may be used, per se, since it contains no active hydrogens.

The reaction between the unsaturated amine or the trihydrocarbonylsilyl derivatives thereof proceeds by means of the addition of the silane to the C=C linkage. The reaction may be represented schematically as follows:

The reaction is best carried out at temperatures from 50 to C. and if desired, a catalyst such as benzoyl peroxide and t-butylperbenzoate maybe employed.

For the purpose of this invention the unsaturated amines employed toreact with the silane can be'aliphatic amines such as allyl amine, undecenyl, amine, .allymethyl 'amine, octadecenyl amine, allylstearyl amine and ally'ldimethylamine andcycloaliphatic amines such as l CHzNHz v V l 0H, CH:

Formtrn and CH:- CH1 The unsaturated cyclic amines may be prepared by the well-known Diels-Alder reaction which involves the addition of an unsaturated amine to a 1,4-conjugated diene system.

In the siloxanes of this invention R can be any monovalent hydrocarbon radical free of alpihatic unsaturation such as alkyl radicals such as methyL ethyl, octadecyl; cycloalkyl radicals such as cyclohexyl and cyclopentyl, and aromatic hydrocarbon radicals such as phenyl, benzyl,

.tolyl, naphthyl and xenyl. R can also be any halogenated monovalent hydrocarbon radical free of aliphatic unsaturation such as chlorophenyl, dibromoxenyl, tetrafiuoromonovalent hydrocarbon radical and n has an average 'value from 1 to 3 inclusive. The copolymerization can be carried out by cohydrolyzing the corresponding hydrolyzable silanes in the conventional manner or the functional siloxanes of this invention can be copolymerized with the other siloxanes by means of siloxane bond rearrangement. The relative amount of the functional organo siloxanes of this invention can be varied to any extent, for example, from .001 to 99.999 mol per cent of the copolymer.

The functional organo siloxanes of this invention either alone or when copolymerized with other siloxanes can be reacted with poly functional organic compounds such as dicarboxylic acids to give resinous materials. More specifically the amino substituted siloxanes of this invention can be reacted with dicarboxylic acids to give polyamide resins which are useful for coating and for making fibers. In addition the amino substituted siloxanes of this invention can be reacted via the amino group with other organo functional siloxanes such as those disclosed and claimed in the applicants copending application filed concurrently herewith. The resins thus obtained are useful for protective coatings and molding compositions.

The organo functional siloxanes of this invention are useful, per se, as surface active agents.

The following examples are illustrative only and should not be construed as limiting the invention which is properly set forth in the appended claims.

Example 1 A mixture of 43 g. of N,N-trimethylsilylallyl amine and 1.8 g. of t-butylperbenzoate was added slowly to 43 g. of monophenylsilane and the mixture heated overnight at 90 to 95 C. Upon distillation of the reaction product an 81 per cent yield of N,N-trimethylsilyl-3- phenylsilylpropyl amine H Measi ,Nomomomsioms was obtained. This material boiled at ISO-181 C. at

mixture of toluene and water containing a catalytic.

amount of NaOH and thereafter heated at 100 C. for 4 hours, the viscous polymeric siloxane having the unit formula O CaHsSKCHDzNH:

is obtained.

4 Example 2 WhenI mol of dimethylallyl amine, ECH2=CHCHzNMe2l is reacted with 1 mol of tribromosilane in the manner of Example 1 the compound Br3Si(CH2)3NMez is obtained. When this silane is hydrolyzed by adding it to a mixture of toluene and water and thereafter heated at C. for 5 hours, the siloxane having the unit formula Me2N(CHz)3SiO1.s is obtained.

Example 3 N-trimethylsilylundecenyl amine was prepared by reacting 1 mol of undecenyl amine with 1 mol of hexamethyldisilazane.

16.3 g. of N-trimethylsilylundecenyl amine and 1.3 g. of t-butylperbenzoate were added slowly over a period of 1 to 2 hours to 21.6 g. of monophenylsilane which was heated to 95 C. in a nitrogen atmosphere. The temperature of the reaction mixture was maintained for 24 hours. Volatile materials were then removed by heating to C. under a pressure of .01 mm. The residue was the silane (QH)2 CaHsSlCuHzzNHa was obtained. This silanol had 11 of 1.5197 and d4 of 1.027. When this material is heated with a catalytic amount ,of ,KOH the corresponding siloxane having the unit formula Y O CsHsSiCuHzzNHz is obtained.

Example 4 When 1 mol of the silyl amine is reacted with 1 mol of methyldibromosilane in the manner of Example 1 the compound Bl: MeSi CHzN (SiMBs):

is obtained. When this material is hydrolyzed in accordance with the method of Example 2 the siloxane having the unit formula 0 MeSi CHZNHZ is obtained.

Example 5 When 1 mol of the silyl amine CiHz CHnN (SiMe;) 3 i is reacted with 1 mol of chlorophenylsilane,

[ClCsI-IrSiHal in the manner of Example 1 the compound H l CICQHHSJ CiHz CHaN (SiMes):

is obtained. When this silane is hydrolyzed in accordance with the method of Example 1 the siloxane having the unit formula ClCoHlS' (i Hz OHgNH,

"e is obtained.

Example 6 When a mixture of 1 mol of N,N-trimethylsilylallyl amine is reacted with 1 mol of methyldibromosilane in accordance with the method of Example 1 the silane Bl, MeSi (OHzhN (SiMea);

is obtained. When this material is hydrolyzed in accordance with the method of Example 2 the siloxane MeS9i(CH;);NH; is obtained.

Example 7 When equal molar amounts of the silane Bl: 3 2N CHzCHz CHzSiMe phenylmethyldichlorosilane and trirnethylchlorosilane are cohydrolyzed and condensed by adding them to a mixture of toluene and water, removing the acid by washing with NaOH solution and thereafter heating the hydrolyzate at 100 C. with a catalytic amount of potassium hydroxide, a copolymeric silane having the unit formulae 0 HgNC H: C H: C HzSiMe, CsHs (Me) Si O and MesSi O .5

is obtained.

Copolyrners are likewise obtained with phcnyltrichlorosilane, chlorophenyltrichlorosilane and methylvinyldichlorosilane are cohydrolyzed in a like manner with the aminopropyl silane of this example.

That which is claimed is:

l. A siloxane having the unit formula where R" is selected fromthe group consisting of alkyl radicals and hydrogen atoms, R is selected from the group consisting of divalent saturated aliphatic and saturated cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radicals, wherein the amino group is attached to at least the third carbon atom away from the silicon, R is selected from the group consisting of monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and halogenated monovalent hydrocarbon radicals free of aliphatic unsaturation and b has a value from O to 1 inclusive.

2. A siloxane having the unit formula 0 HzNCH CHgOHzSIOsHs 3. A siloxane having the unit formula 0 H NOHzCHzCHzSIMe 4. A siloxane having the unit formula 0 Mali CHzNH:

5. A copolymeric siloxane composed of units of the formula where R' is selected from the group consisting of monovalent hydrocarbon and halogenated monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and n has an average value of from 1 to 3 inclusive.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,238,669 Wiley Apr. 15, 1941 2,557,802 Sommer June 19, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS 961,878 France May 24, 1950 

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